org.jaffa.presentation.portlet
Class StartComponentAction

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.action.Action
      org.jaffa.presentation.portlet.ActionBase
          org.jaffa.presentation.portlet.StartComponentAction

public class StartComponentAction

extends ActionBase

This Action invokes the component passed in the request-stream The internal parameters that can be passed are component -> The name of the component to execute finalUrl -> The place to go after executing the component. This should be a valid forward mapping as defined in the struts-config.xml file. All other paramters will be introspected on the component being executed, prior to calling its 'display()' method.

Field Summary

static String	COMPONENT_PARAMETER Constant to denote the 'component' parameter passed to this Action.
static String	FINALURL_PARAMETER Constant to denote the 'finalUrl' parameter passed to this Action.

Fields inherited from class org.jaffa.presentation.portlet.ActionBase

component, form, mapping, request, response

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.Action

ACTION_SERVLET_KEY, APPLICATION_KEY, DATA_SOURCE_KEY, defaultLocale, ERROR_KEY, EXCEPTION_KEY, FORM_BEANS_KEY, FORWARDS_KEY, LOCALE_KEY, MAPPING_KEY, MAPPINGS_KEY, MESSAGE_KEY, MESSAGES_KEY, MULTIPART_KEY, PLUG_INS_KEY, REQUEST_PROCESSOR_KEY, servlet, SERVLET_KEY, TRANSACTION_TOKEN_KEY

Constructor Summary

StartComponentAction()

Method Summary

FormKey

defaultAction() Invokes the component passed in the request stream.

Methods inherited from class org.jaffa.presentation.portlet.ActionBase

determineCurrentFormKey, do_HistoryNav_Clicked, do_refresh, execute, executeEvent, handleNullFormKey, isTokenValid, isTokenValid, parseFormName, performTokenValidation, processContainerFormKey, resetToken, saveToken

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.Action

execute, generateToken, getDataSource, getDataSource, getLocale, getResources, getResources, getResources, getServlet, isCancelled, perform, perform, saveErrors, saveMessages, saveToken, setLocale, setServlet, toHex

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

COMPONENT_PARAMETER

public static final String COMPONENT_PARAMETER

Constant to denote the 'component' parameter passed to this Action.

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Constant Field Values

FINALURL_PARAMETER

public static final String FINALURL_PARAMETER

Constant to denote the 'finalUrl' parameter passed to this Action.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StartComponentAction

public StartComponentAction()

Method Detail

defaultAction

public FormKey defaultAction()
                      throws Exception

Invokes the component passed in the request stream.

Overrides:

defaultAction in class ActionBase

Returns:

A FormKey instance which describes the current Component & Form

Throws:

Exception - if the application business logic throws an exception